ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation N468C Belize City
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Date:Wednesday 19 May 1976
Type:Silhouette image of generic CONI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Operator:F & B Livestock Corp
Registration: N468C
MSN: 4846
First flight: 1958
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Belize City (   Belize)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America
Narrative:
The aircraft was flying 65nm E of Belize, en route from Honduras, when the no. 1 propeller ran away. The RPM couldn't be controlled and the prop couldn't be feathered. The pilot-in-command decided to divert to Belize. At 25nm E of Belize the no. 1 prop flew off its shaft, striking the no. 2 engine. The no. 2 prop was feathered immediately. Because of problems lowering the left gear a go-around was flown. Attempts to recycle the gear into the locked position failed and a landing was carried out with the left gear partially retracted. The left wing struck the runway and the aircraft ran off the runway coming to rest 7,60 m from the runway edge.

Classification:
Runway excursion

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accident date: 19-05-1976
type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
registration: N468C
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accident date: 19-05-1976
type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
registration: N468C
 
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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